Ulrika: No regrets over Sven

Television presenter Ulrika Jonsson today revealed she still had thoughts about what might have been, had her relationship with England manager Sven Goran Eriksson run its course.

But Miss Jonsson, 35, said she was sure she had made the right decision in ending their affair, after details were leaked to a national newspaper in April this year.

In a serialisation of her autobiography, Honest, in the Daily Mail, she wrote that she still felt there were still some occasional "what ifs" about what happened.

"I was - and to some extent still am, deeply fond of a man who promised me something he never quite had the chance to fulfil," she disclosed.

"I had only the brief beginnings of a relationship that was never allowed to run its natural course.

"But, on the other hand, I did have three-and-a-half months of blissful privacy and the affection and generosity of a man I respected."

The Dog Eat Dog presenter has claimed that 54-year-old Eriksson used his position as national team coach to seduce her after the pair met at a 50th birthday party for the publisher Richard Desmond.

She said he regularly visited her home in Cookham Dean, Berkshire, on the way to watch football matches around the country and as the affair progressed, promised to leave his partner Nancy Dell'Olio.

But in an extract from the book published today, Miss Jonsson said that despite the man she called Svennis phoning her sometimes two or three times every day, his attitude appeared to change when news of their relationship became public.

Describing her feelings when details of their secret liaisons emerged, she said she was "physically and emotionally shaken" and had not been expecting it.

The Shooting Stars regular claimed that Eriksson acted coolly when told the news and she found it "bizarre, unreal - perhaps even surreal" as camera crews, photographers and press camped outside their homes.

The mother-of-two said the pair were unable to see each other but she felt angry and hurt by pictures that were later published showing Eriksson and Miss Dell'Olio together.

She said she also disliked his lack of a public comment from him on the affair and his reluctance to call her throughout the saga, for fears of his phone being "bugged", leaving her feeling alone.

"He looked like a man who was completely ignoring my existence and snubbing the very thought of 'us'," she said.

Because of the constant speculation, she said she was forced to issue a statement "for the good of me and my family" that she was "no longer a part of this relationship".

Eriksson, who has said he has nothing to fear from the revelations, was said to have reluctantly agreed when told, she said, although he did contact her from the World Cup in Japan to wish her good luck before the England-Sweden match.